How Far ..

[Photosbykev]

from A to B?

I think I know the answer assuming my sums are correct, any one care to have a guess?

Nearest answer gets a literal cookie

[Steve Ward]

Centre to centre , 102 mm on my screen............

Fantastic close-up there Kev , that's one mean set up you've got .............

[Earl]

260000 km... random guess

[Ewan]

Well that's a tough one Kev & i have done too much thinking today as it is (brain is on timeshare you know) ill give it a go though mate, maths aint my best subject so it's just a stab in the dark i guess.

Using the angular size of the Sun as a scale, I get the angular distance between these two locations as 0.00102 radians thus using a simple mathematical equation thus :- 0.00102m² /1 sr = m²·m⁻² = 1 (\180/π ( 6283.185 mrad)) * 1 m at a range of 1000 mkm = distance between point A & point B to be .......................very big indeed.

There you have it Kev plain as mud now where's my cookie

Seriously though if we can see the whole image & have something to scale from ie the Sun itself then working the distance out should be easy enough.

Agree with Steve very nice piccy, i may have to get a Solar thingy for my setup one day.

[Photosbykev]

There is enough information provided to get the answer. Maybe if I add that the image hasn't been cropped it might help

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[Photosbykev]

Oh and I was on the earth when I took it :)

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[Ewan]

Lol hmmm you sure ?

I havnt got a clue Kev but it's gonna be a big number

[JamesF]

I'm going to go for a bit more than Earl. Say 300,000km.

James

[Ewan]

485000km

[Photosbykev]

Both too high Earl is nearest so far

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[Ewan]

Your enjoying this arn't you ..................way too many smiley's lol

ok my 6yr old son Gabriel said 178000km, can i phone a friend or 50/50 ?

[Photosbykev]

Your enjoying this arn't you ..................way too many smiley's lol

ok my 6yr old son Gabriel said 178000km, can i phone a friend or 50/50 ?

too high :)

By nature I'm pretty much always happy There's very little point in being otherwise

If you can find a friend ring away

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[LukeSkywatcher]

According to the GPS maps on my i-phone, you should have turned left at Orion long before you got to there.

[Photosbykev]

According to the GPS maps on my i-phone, you should have turned left at Orion long before you got to there.

I'd check your map scale

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[Darkstar_1]

At a guess 16000km give or take a km or 2

[Photosbykev]

At a guess 16000km give or take a km or 2

the magnification isn't that high

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[Steve Ward]

I reckon I'm not far off being the closest still .....

Proper guess this time........18,000 Km.

[Photosbykev]

Drum roll ............

The answer is 72,000 kms ( I think lol )

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[Steve Ward]